{"id":1387,"date":"2022-04-05T16:51:23","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T08:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pahinungod.upou.edu.ph\/?p=1387"},"modified":"2024-05-17T10:19:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T02:19:34","slug":"ugnayan-ng-pahinungod-upou-conducts-gratitude-art-journaling-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pahinungod.upou.edu.ph\/?p=1387","title":{"rendered":"Ugnayan ng Pahinungod UPOU Conducts Gratitude Art Journaling Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ugnayan ng Pahinungod University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) conducted a webinar-workshop on Gratitude Art Journaling last 31 March 2022.\u00a0 Ms. Jestine Crhistia V. Gatdula, Senior Office Assistant of the Ugnayan ng Pahinungod UPOU, served as the resource person.\u00a0 The initiative was part of the Stress Reduction Technique Series launched by the Ugnayan ng Pahinungod UPOU Committee on Psychosocial Emergency Services (CoPES).<\/p>\n

The workshop was designed \u201cto provide a stress reduction technique that incorporates having a grateful attitude and expressing it creatively through art journaling\u201d and \u201cto share some insights with the participants in relation to being grateful in the midst of challenges as a healthy way to deal with stress, and do this with each one\u2019s creative expression of self.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Image caption: Ms. Jestine Crhistia Gatdula, Senior Office Assistant of Pahinungod UPOU, demonstrates how to do gratitude art journaling.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Ms. Gatdula began the workshop by sharing that it is common and normal for us to feel stressed, and what matters is how we respond to our stressors.\u00a0 She explained that stress can be a catalyst for us to determine our response which can either be fight or flight, to be resourceful, and to think of solutions for our problems.\u00a0 She said that the problem lies however when we don\u2019t have the capacity to manage stress.\u00a0 She declared that art journaling has helped her manage and reduce stress in many aspects of her life.\u00a0 She also tackled gratitude and its definition and meaning to her life.\u00a0 She mentioned that she likes the idea of a grateful person because it suggests that he or she is being thankful and contented with what he or she has.<\/p>\n

After a short discussion, Ms. Gatdula showed the steps and provided recommendations for designing and creating a gratitude art journal.\u00a0 She started by identifying the needed materials, such as a notebook or journal, pages of old books or magazines, scratch papers, a pair of scissors, glue or tape, and a pencil or pen.\u00a0 She then cut the used papers by tearing them into different sizes and shapes and arranged and layered them together with the use of glue or tape.\u00a0 After pasting everything, she drew some designs and wrote her thoughts on the things that she is grateful for.\u00a0 The participants followed the resource person in creating their own gratitude art journals, which were shown at the end of the activity.<\/p>\n

Ms. Gatdula presented her completed art journal, which included her work, her colleagues, the meal she had earlier, and the opportunity to be able to conduct the art journaling workshop as the aspects of her life that she is grateful for.\u00a0 She also included the quote \u201cGratitude turns what we have into enough\u201d because it reminded her that our stress sometimes is caused by things that we don\u2019t have or own.\u00a0 She declared that gratitude allows us to learn contentment and lets us pause for a moment so that we appreciate all the things that we have.\u00a0 She reminded the participants that a grateful heart is an important requirement in creating a gratitude art journal.<\/p>\n

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Image caption: Participants flash their outputs during the end-of-workshop photo documentation.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Some of the participants shared the art journals they created during the workshop and the things they are grateful for.\u00a0 One took the opportunity to express his gratitude for his work overseas, family, and friends.\u00a0 Another participant was thankful for letting go of the things that she could not control.\u00a0 A certain lady shared that her journal reminded her to look at the positive side of the negative things and to use criticisms as an opportunity to become a stronger and more resilient individual.\u00a0 The webinar-workshop ended with a photo opportunity with the participants along with their art journals.<\/p>\n

Written by Jaime P Guimbao<\/p>\n

Edited by Myra C. Almodiel and Anna Canas-Llamas<\/p>\n

Pictures contributed by Ugnayan ng Pahinung\u00f3d UPOU<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>